Feinberg, Nathan Keywords: United Nations | Accession | League of Nations | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Accession | Société des Nations | ABSTRACT The question of the admission of new members to the League of Nations and to the United Nations reflects the deplorable tension in contemporary international relations and the prevailing atmosphere of mistrust. In this course, Nathan Feinberg examines the relevant provisions of the Covenant of the League of Nations and the United Nations Charter by bringing out what is commo…

L. Bindschedler, Rudolf Keywords: United Nations | Competence | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Compétence | ABSTRACT Rudolf Bindschedler begins his course by making general remarks on the division of powers. He next examines, within the framework of the United Nations, the division of formal powers and later examines the division of substantive powers. The author also discusses the powers of the United Nations toward non-member States and other international organizations. Rudolf Bindschedler commence son cours en formulant des remarques générales sur la répartition d…

Villani, Ugo Keywords: United Nations | Regional organisations | Peace keeping | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Organisations régionales | Maintien de la paix | ABSTRACT Professor Ugo Villani, Professor at the University of Bari, starts from the observation that as far as international organizations are concerned, the question of the search for balance between a “universal” dimension and a “regional” dimension was raised immediately at the birth of the first organization intended to guarantee peace between States: the Leagu…

Boutros-Ghali, Boutros Keywords: United Nations | Economic development | Peacekeeping | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Développement économique | Maintien de la paix | ABSTRACT Boutros Boutros-Ghali explains in the introduction of his opening lecture that international law is subject to internal conflicts in three areas: conflict between urgency and duration, between unilateralism and multilateralism, and between positive order and prospective order. Mr. Boutros-Ghali concludes his lecture by explaining that sometimes will…

Liu, Fou-Tchin Keywords: United Nations | International police | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Police internationale | ABSTRACT In this discourse, Fou-Tchin Liu, Former United Nations Assistant-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs, draws attention to the importance and limitations of UN peace-keeping operations in a bipolarized world. However, by way of encouragement and conclusion, he points out that the Treaty of Paris of 1783, which has enabled reconciliation between Great Britain and the United State…

Daillier, Patrick Keywords: United Nations | Armed conflicts | Intervention | Peacekeeping | Peacebuilding | North Atlantic Treaty Organization | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Conflits armés | Intervention | Maintien de la paix | Construction de la paix | Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord | ABSTRACT Multinational peacemaking operations following armed conflicts, the subject of the course of Patrick Daillier, Professor at the University of Paris X - Nanterre, cover a number of different realities under the same name. To prove that this…

Ténékidès, Georges Keywords: United Nations | Racial discrimination | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Discrimination raciale | ABSTRACT The course of Georges Tenekides, a member of the European Commission of human rights and the UN Committee for elimination of all forms of racial discrimination, is fundamentally the result of his experience in the Committee of United Nations for the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination, supplemented by a critical and multidisciplinary analysis. After the indispensable pr…

Ermacora, Felix Keywords: United Nations | Charter | Human rights | Jurisdiction | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Charte | Droits de l homme | Juridiction | ABSTRACT The course of Felix Ermacora is based on a problem of crucial significance related to the relations between national law and international law, and more particularly, to the law of international organizations. The author, in the first instance, focuses on domestic jurisdiction in general. He then studies the general aspects of human rights in connection with dome…

Klein, Pierre Keywords: United Nations | Terrorism | International peace and security | International politics | Use of force | International relations | Human rights | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Terrorisme | Sécurité internationale | Politique internationale | Force | Relations internationales | Droits de l'homme | ABSTRACT Pierre Klein, Professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles, begins his course by identifying the very notion of terrorism to report on the impact of terrorism on international law. He then takes a step backward and plac…

Van Langenhove, Fernand Keywords: United Nations | Indigenous peoples | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Indigènes | ABSTRACT In Chapter XI of the United Nations Charter, Member States "which assume responsibility for administering territories whose populations have not yet fully self-govern" have accepted as a "sacred mission" the obligation to promote their prosperity and progress. At the same time, they are committed to provide regular statistical and technical information about them. The question arises whether th…

Preuss, Lawrence Keywords: United Nations | Charter | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Charte | ABSTRACT Lawrence Preuss devotes his course to the study on Article 2, Paragraph 7 of the Charter of the United Nations and Matters of Domestic Jurisdiction. After a study of the background of the article, the author examines the drafting. He then focuses on how Article 2, Paragraph 7 of the Charter is applied in the practice of the United Nations. Lawrence Preuss consacre son cours à l'étude de l'article 2, paragraphe 7 de la Charte des Nations Unies et aux domaines de compétence…

Gross, Leo Keywords: United Nations | International Court of Justice | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Cour internationale de Justice | ABSTRACT Leo Gross dedicates his course to the conduct of the International Court of Justice, to the perception of its role in international relationships, and to the expectations of the members of the United Nations regarding the role played by the Court in the political system of the United Nations, mainly in contact with the transformation of the objectives of the Charter in legal and political realities. Leo Gross consacre son cours au comportement…

Pinto, Mónica Keywords: United Nations | Security Council | Charter | Use of force | International relations | Self-defence | International Court of Justice | Case-law | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Conseil de sécurité | Chartre | Force | Relations internationales | Défense légitime | Cour internationale de Justice | Jurisprudence | ABSTRACT The course of Mrs. Monica Pinto, Professor at the University of Buenos Aires, proposes to retrace the history of the characterizations of the use of force in the light of the jurisprudence of international court…

Thierry, Hubert Keywords: International Court of Justice | United Nations | Resolutions | Mots clefs: Cour internationale de Justice | Nations Unies | Résolutions | ABSTRACT Hubert Thierry, Professor at the University of Paris X-Nanterre, emphasizes in the introduction to his course that the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice should be recognized as the authority for judicial interpretation of law on behalf of the international community, and to affirm that this is a privileged source of knowledge of int…

Robinson, Jacob Keywords: United Nations | Charter | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Charte | ABSTRACT The purpose of Jacob Robinson's course is not to give a complete picture of the changes that have taken place in the first thirteen years of the existence of the United Nations, but to illustrate with some examples the metamorphosis of the organization. He examines the transition from a coalition to a universal community, from a community of purpose to an instrument of national policies, from an enforcement agency…

Simma, Bruno Keywords: Bilateralism | International obligations | International law | United Nations | Charter | International community | Constitutionalism | Mots clefs: Bilatéralisme | Obligations internationales | Droit international | Nations Unies | Charte | Communauté internationale | Constitutionnalisme | ABSTRACT Earlier, traditional international law was left entirely in the hands of sovereign States, predicated on their bilateral legal relations. However, now, community interest has permeated the body of international law. In …

Castañeda, Jorge Keywords: United Nations | Resolutions | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Résolutions | ABSTRACT The economy of the study proposed by Jorge Castaneda is based on the practice of the United Nations bodies as well as on the attitude of States toward the practice. The basic subject is the resolutions of the bodies of the United Nations, and especially the bodies of the General Assembly. He thus identifies certain groups or types of resolutions which, in accordance with the realities emerging from the o…

S. Kerno, Ivan Keywords: United Nations | International Court of Justice | Charter | Interpretation | Advisory opinions | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Cour internationale de Justice | Charte | Interprétation | Avis consultatifs | ABSTRACT In this course, Ivan Kerno reviews the first five years of operation of the International Court of justice. After a historical presentation of the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and the Statute of the Court concerning advisory opinions, he analyzes Article 96 (2) of the Charter, ex…

A. Berle, Jr, Adolf Keywords: United Nations | Charter | Self-defence | Peace | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Charte | Défense légitime | Paix | ABSTRACT From a doctrinal point of view, Adolf Berle considers that the Charter of the United Nations confers rights within private international law on peoples while maintaining the rights previously recognized by the international law to the States. The author begins his course on the peace of peoples by comparing the peace of the States and peace of the peoples. He then examines…

Sicilianos, Linos-Alexandre Keywords: United Nations | Security Council | Charter | Use of force | International relations | Collective security | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Conseil de sécurité | Charte | Force | Relations internationales | Sécurité collective | ABSTRACT In the introduction to his course, Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, Associate Professor at the University of Athens, notes that the theme of the Security Council's authorization to use force lies at the centre of two contradictory trends that mark contemporary evolution of…